Jack Longman

PhD in Geography

Research Aims & Objectives:

To utilise a novel multi-proxy approach for environmental research and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in the Carpathian region, using a selection of peat bog cores.
To investigate the anthropogenic impact on the environment, with particular focus on the influence of regional mining & smelting, and of land use change and ecosystem disturbance in the region.
To analyse the natural cycling of elements as driven by past climate change and determine their relationship with the anthropogenic impact.

The focus of this project will be on the Holocene; the last 12,000 years, a period of great environmental changes, both as a result of natural climatic variations, and of course the impact of developing humanity.

Research Supervisors

Dr. Vasile Ersek
Prof. Ulrich Salzmann
Dr. Daniel Veres (Romanian Academy, Cluj)

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